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Bellevue's International School in Top 10 of U.S. News High School Ranking; 3 More Bellevue Schools Get Gold
International School makes the top 10 of U.S.News and World report's national list of best high schools. Bellevue, Newport and Interlake high schools all make the top 200.
Bellevue's was ranked the ninth top public school in the country --- and the number one high school in the state --- according to U.S.News and World Report magazine's Best High School's list.
Three of four of , including Bellevue, Newport and Interlake were ranked in the top 200 of the nation, according to the magazine's methodology.
The rankings are based on the student data from the 2009-10 school year, and the magazine based the rankings on an index that included performance on the state High School Proficiency Exam (which replaced the Washington Assessment of Student Learning that year) and the Advanced Placement exams.
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Among the criteria for ranking included test performance by black and Hispanic students and by student who take free and reduced lunch.
According to the methodology, had a "college readiness" index of 100. The school is a magnet school for sixth through 12th graders, where students are admitted by lottery.
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Sammamish did not get a ranking, and Big Picture High School was not yet in existence in 2009-10 school year.
Bellevue schools are often nationally recognized for its achievement, including last year, when as among the top 500 schools in America, and the . U.S.News and World report published its rankings in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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U.S.News and World Report's list of Bellevue's public school rankings are here.
State Rank
School
Students / Teachers
College Readiness
Math
(Avg. Proficiency)Reading
(Avg. Proficiency) #1
530 Students
26 Teachers
100.0 Above WA Avg
100% Tested (AP®)
100% Passed (AP®)
3.5 Above WA Avg
88% Proficient
12% Not Proficient
3.9 Above WA Avg
99% Proficient
1% Not Proficient
77 Teachers
73.5 Above WA Avg
84% Tested (AP®)
70% Passed (AP®)
3.2 Above WA Avg
76% Proficient
24% Not Proficient
71.0 Above WA Avg
88% Tested (AP®)
65% Passed (AP®)
75% Proficient
25% Not Proficient
3.6 Above WA Avg
1,390 Students
66 Teachers
60.5 Above WA Avg
71% Tested (AP®)
57% Passed (AP®)
2.9 Above WA Avg
67% Proficient
33% Not Proficient
3.5 Above WA Avg
89% Proficient
11% Not Proficient
*school is now closed
9:1 Smaller than WA Avg
189 Students
22 Teachers
N/A N/A
N/A Tested (N/A)
N/A Passed (N/A)
1.4 Below WA Avg
4% Proficient
96% Not Proficient
20:1 Near WA Avg
971 Students
49 Teachers
76% Tested (AP®)
43% Passed (AP®)
2.4 Above WA Avg
44% Proficient
56% Not Proficient
3.2 Near WA Avg
78% Proficient
22% Not Proficient
-- Information from U.S.News and World Report
On the Web
U.S.News and World Report's Best High Schools Ranking
U.S.News and World Report's Best High Schools Ranking for Washington
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